2. Noun. (plural of oötheca) ¹
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Definition of Oothecae
1. ootheca [n] - See also: ootheca
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oothecae
Literary usage of Oothecae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1857)
"... (upon which also its round oothecae, each containing four or five ova, ...
on which it is mostly found, and on which its oothecae are deposited. ..."
2. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1896)
"The three females during their lives in the jar deposited twenty-five
egg-cases (oothecae); or about eight for each female. As one egg-case contains just ..."
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